Sunday Masses Still Live-Streamed
Mass Live-Streamed at 10:30 am on Sundays
We will continue to live-stream Mass from St. Gertrude Church on Sundays at 10:30 am using Facebook Live for the foreseeable future. Please click HERE to be connected to our parish Facebook page. After Mass, we upload the video to our YouTube channel.
Registration required for Saturday Vigil and Sunday morning
We have returned to our regular weekend schedule in church: Saturday at 5:00 pm, Sunday at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. We will continue to live-stream the 10:30 am Mass as we have been doing.
Parishioner Guidelines for Attending Mass in Church
New Safety Protocols in Place
The church is now open Monday through Saturday for 7:30 am Mass, Saturday evenings at 5:00 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. Here are some pointers everyone will need to be aware of as we return:
- For all church activities, including services/Masses, the only entrance will be the Granville (handicap access) door.
- Everyone will need a reservation for coming into church. Sign up for weekday Masses HERE and weekend Masses HERE or you can call the Rectory office at 773.764.3621.
- Registrations must be entered at least by 3:00 pm the day before the weekday service/Mass you plan to attend. Registration for weekend Masses must be entered by 3:00 pm on Saturday.
- If your name does not appear on the registration list, you will be asked to wait outside. If fewer than 50 people are in attendance at the beginning of the service, you will be admitted.
- Everyone must wear a mask. If you do not have a mask when you arrive, one will be provided. (Only exceptions are for medical conditions.)
- Leave home early enough to allow for the check-in procedure.
- You must not exhibit any signs of COVID-19 related illness (fever of 100.4 degrees or above, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, chest tightness, extreme fatigue, loss of sense of taste or smell, diarrhea, muscle aches, or headaches) or had exposure to anyone with these symptoms.
- Once you are admitted, your temperature will be taken with a non-touch electronic thermometer and you will have your hands sanitized. Then you will be checked in and an usher or greeter will take you to a seat. (Those living in the same households can sit together.) Everyone in church is expected to maintain safe-distancing protocols by observing the markings on the floor and in the pews which give directions for spacing and traffic flow.
- Weekend Masses begin this Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28. We will have the Saturday 5:00 pm Mass and the 8:00 am and 10:30 am Masses on Sunday. On the first weekend, we are allowed to have 50 people in church. Once we are confident we have our protocols down and things are operating smoothly, we can have from 15-20% of our capacity at any Mass, 125-150 people.
- Even when public Masses start, we will continue to live-stream the 10:30 am Sunday Mass as we have been doing.
- If you are 65 or over, and/or have any health condition that leaves your health in any way compromised, please stay home! As Cardinal Cupich reminds us, during this pandemic time, missing Mass is not a sin!
We very much look forward to welcoming everyone back to church! Please feel free to contact the office or any member of the parish staff with any questions. We remember each of you in prayer every day! Please pray for St. Gertrude parish and all those who are suffering in any way.
